| July 21, 2006 |
| The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled unanimously that Judge Thompson acted improperly in setting Moore free. They have reversed his decision and remanded the case back to Circuit Court with instructions to set aside the decision to dismiss charges and place the case back on the active docket. Judge Sue Bell Cobb agreed that Thompson acted improperly under the law, but still praised his courage in doing so. She is running for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. |
| Today was a day that the legal system worked. It might not have worked if not for the impeccable job done by Attorney General Troy King, Corey Maze, and Beth Slate Poe. THANK YOU!!!!! |
| From the beginning of my contact with the Attorney General's office in 2003, the girls and I have been treated with the utmost respsect. People like Bill Pryor, Troy King, Don Valeska, and William Dill: they have earned my respect and my admiration for handling a most difficult job with dignity and grace. |
| The press |
| July 26, 2006 |
| The Supreme Court of Alabama denied Powell's motion today: "It is ordered that the petition for a writ of mandamus or, in the alternative, petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied." In other words, Powell claimed the Court of Criminal Appeals had waited too long to rule, and Moore should be set free. The Supreme Court of Alabama disagreed. Now that the appeals court has issued their ruling, Powell will apparently file another "appeal" to the Supreme Court of Albama claiming that the Court of Criminal Appeals had no jurisdiction to make the ruling in the first place. When Powell is slapped down unanimously by the Supreme Court of Alabama, it is not newsworthy. But when Powell speaks, it's front-page news. Speaking of which: |
| July 29, 2006 |